Lappeenranta: facts

At a glance

• Country: Finland
• Region: South Karelia
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 72,909
• Coordinates: 61.0587° N, 28.1887° E
• Time zone: Europe/Helsinki (UTC+02:00 standard, UTC+03:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Euro (EUR)
• Distance to the capital, Helsinki: 203 km (126 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Lappeenranta Airport (LPP): 2.8 km (1.8 mi), straight line
• Savonlinna Airport (SVL): 106 km (66 mi), straight line
• Pulkovo Airport (LED, Russia): 180 km (112 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Taipalsaari: 13 km (8 mi)
• Lemi: 21 km (13 mi)
• Nuijamaa: 22 km (14 mi)
• Ylaemaa: 31 km (19 mi)
• Savitaipale: 31 km (19 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Lahti, 136 km (85 mi)